Qurstions about Slot 1 --> FCPGA Adapters

[MarcoP]

I want to upgrade my Abit BH6 Board with a new CPU. Thus I need a SLOT1 --> FCPGA Adapter.
There are adapters with voltage & fsb settings. Do I need such adapters? I mean the BH6 supports Coppermine Voltages and also FSB settings like 100MHz,112MHz,...

With other words: Will my MB settings (like FSB, Voltage) directly get to the FCPGA CPU or will they be ignored (maybe because of the adapter).

I just ask, because I want to overclock my (maybe) new Celeron with FSB Speed like 112MHz and / or 124MHz. THus I should need Voltage regulation too!
My last question: If my MB shouldn't support exactly 1,5V but only down to 1,65 V? Will in this case the CPU use that setting? ;-)

THanks

 

[AndyHui]

If you leave the default settings on the Slotket, the settings from the motherboard BIOS will be used.

If you manually set voltages on the slotket, these will override motherboard settings.

 

[MarcoP]

Is it possible, that some cheap Slot 1 Adapter won't work right?
How can I reveal such cheap stuff?

 

[AndyHui]

Purchase a brand name slotket like Iwill or ASUS.

The only thing that the slotket can override is voltage (if you decide to set it). There is no effect on FSB.

 

[bacillus]

<< Purchase a brand name slotket like Iwill or ASUS >>


can't overemphasise the importance of the above statement to avoid problems!

 

[Jeff H]

MarcoP, I'm a BH6 user, currently w/ a BH6 rev1.02, iPIII-650 FC-PGA and an Abit SlotketIII. If you go the slotket route do as others said, and get a good, name-brand one, such as Abit, Asus, IWill, or MSI. There are still some older PPGA-only units out there, so make sure it's compatible w/ FC-PGA, and not just PPGA. They're getting tougher to find, so don't wait too long.

Another thing to consider, albeit it's more $$, is the Powerleap PL-iP3/T, with either a CeleronII or a PIII. The PL-iP3/T adapter w/Intel Celeron 1.2GHz (Tualatin) is currently $169, while the PL-iP3/T w/ an 850 PIII is $199. Powerleap also has slower speed Celerons, but for the slight savings in $$ you give up the Celeron/Tualatin's extras, such as 256k L2 cache (vs 128K L2 on the slower C's).